Mr. Zheng invited the two to stay for dinner, but Zhou Ze declined, and Wang Ke also declined, putting on an act of concealing his merit and fame. Zhou Ze didn't expose him; he knew his childhood friend needed the favor of an investor, so he let him be.
When they left, Zhou Ze didn't see the young butler, but Zhou Ze knew that after he "unintentionally" let something slip, Mr. Zheng signaled to his two followers with a few words, and then the butler disappeared.
Wang Ke's wife was still driving, but she seemed absent-minded, frequently checking her phone.
Wang Ke himself was immersed in the emotional fluctuations of "escaping death." With Miss Zheng's rapid recovery, his pressure had been relieved.
Zhou Ze didn't tell Wang Ke about the butler or how he had deliberately made things difficult for him in front of Mr. Zheng. It was just a casual act of boredom, and he wouldn't seek any credit for it.
The key issue was that Zhou Ze didn't know which way Wang Ke's emotional inclinations were turning. Although they were childhood friends, so many years had passed, and everyone had their own experiences and naturally their own changes.
What if, after he told him, Wang Ke thought:
"I treat you like a brother, but you want to take off the green hat on my head!"
How detestable!
Outrageous!
Unbearable!
What should he do then?
Looking at Wang Ke's wife driving, who was also his sister-in-law, Zhou Ze slightly curled his lips.
Truly,
A woman's heart is like a knife.
His phone rang. Zhou Ze answered it; it was his sister-in-law.
"Hello."
"Hello, Xu Le, my sister has started working," his sister-in-law said.
"Oh," Zhou Ze responded unhurriedly.
"She hasn't been feeling well lately, so go and see her. Don't let her work too hard," his sister-in-law added.
"Oh."
"I'm telling you, why are you like this? This Miss is giving you a tip-off, and you don't even thank me, let alone show a little bit of excitement.
Oh oh oh, oh your head!
I'm telling you, the matter with your Maserati hasn't been explained yet!"
Zhou Ze shook his head. His sister-in-law was really planning to help him. The reason was simple: she had been using the excuse of studying at his bookstore lately.
Her older sister was busy with work and didn't have time, and her brother-in-law, although a useless bum, was at least a college graduate and could tutor her.
A very good reason, and a very good excuse.
Even Lin's parents, who usually couldn't stand Xu Le, had tacitly approved of their youngest daughter going to the bookstore for tutoring.
Zhou Ze sometimes really wanted to go back to the Lin family and point at Lin's parents' noses, telling them not to mention a college graduate,
But even if you let a sophomore or junior in college tutor a high school student, how many of them could actually do it?
But his sister-in-law still had some conscience. That silly girl, judging from recent events, was alright, except for being a bit foolish.
That's why she was giving him a heads-up.
"Alright, I thank you," Zhou Ze said perfunctorily.
"Hmph, by the way, I'm still going to your place to read tonight," his sister-in-law added.
Hanging up the phone, Zhou Ze stretched, but unexpectedly found that the car was passing by the west gate of the People's Hospital.
What a coincidence.
He hadn't planned on going.
Of course, Zhou Ze didn't ask Wang Ke's wife to stop the car, pretending he hadn't seen it, not wanting to force the issue.
Doctor Lin had started working, indicating that she had overcome some things, but Zhou Ze had just obtained his license and was preparing to make a big effort to become a full-fledged employee as soon as possible, so he didn't have the energy to entertain other thoughts for the time being.
However, Wang Ke's wife took the initiative to turn the car into the hospital.
"My father-in-law has been hospitalized recently, so I'll stop by to see him. We can leave soon," Wang Ke said apologetically to Zhou Ze.
"Forget it, I'll get off here,"
Zhou Ze pushed open the car door and got out.
Wang Ke also got out of the car, and Wang Ke's wife drove the car into the hospital's underground parking lot.
"Are you taking a taxi home?" Wang Ke asked.
Zhou Ze nodded.
"Alright, brother, take care." Wang Ke reached out and patted Zhou Ze on the shoulder. "I won't actively seek you out anymore, but if you need anything, you can come to me."
"You're too kind," Zhou Ze said.
After Wang Ke finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Ze seriously for a couple of seconds, then turned and walked towards the inpatient building.
Zhou Ze silently lit a cigarette. People do change.
Wang Ke was a few years older than him and had entered society earlier. His former Brother Wang, Brother Erdan, now seemed somewhat unfamiliar to Zhou Ze.
Desperate, he didn't hesitate to ask ghosts and gods.
Sigh.
Zhou Ze exhaled a smoke ring and, after thinking about it, walked into the emergency building in front of him.
He could choose not to come if he hadn't heard his sister-in-law's tip-off;
He could pretend not to see the hospital when the car passed by;
But now that he was already at the hospital, it would be a bit much to not go and see his wife.
He used to have an obsession, but she wouldn't sleep with him.
But now that obsession was gone, wasn't it?
No, it seemed that after the obsession disappeared, some strange problems had emerged.
A woman's cold voice came from behind Zhou Ze.
Zhou Ze took a deep breath and turned around, feeling an urge for his fingernails to grow out.
"Hey, honey, didn't the doctor say I was fine?"
"Get lost, I don't want to serve you. Are you even a man?"
The woman and man had probably just come out of the urology department and were arguing.
Zhou Ze's expression was somewhat bitter.
At this moment,
It was as if that diligent crow had appeared again, flying overhead,
Making a "caw... caw... caw..." sound.
On the ground, another fallen leaf just happened to appear, blown up by the wind, flipping over Zhou Ze's feet.
Zhou Ze didn't want to go to the emergency building anymore.
He felt that he should give Doctor Lin more time to think, accept, and adapt, and shouldn't stimulate her at this time.
Yes,
He should think more about her, give her more time and space. He couldn't force her.
Zhou Ze nodded, feeling that he had convinced himself, and prepared to leave.
But at this moment, an ambulance drove into the hospital, and then Zhou Ze saw several doctors and nurses running out of the emergency building, including a familiar figure.
Doctor Lin also saw Zhou Ze and was stunned for a moment. Zhou Ze smiled at her and walked over, saying gently:
"I was just about to go up and see you."
Doctor Lin suddenly clutched her lower abdomen and sat down on the steps.
"What's wrong? Not feeling well?" Zhou Ze asked.
Doctor Lin shook her head and said, "It's nothing."
"What exactly is going on with your body?" Zhou Ze asked carefully. He remembered his sister-in-law telling him that Doctor Lin hadn't been feeling well these past few days.
"Women's stuff," Doctor Lin said, lowering her head.
The Ice Queen also revealed a hint of shyness at this time.
Her period?
Zhou Ze was speechless. Perhaps, for silly girls like his sister-in-law, having her period was the most painful thing.
"Doctor Lin, the patient's condition is a bit serious. She's pregnant."
A young male doctor pushed the stretcher over in a hurry. He seemed a little nervous, and then when he looked at Zhou Ze, his expression changed, and he immediately said:
"You're here too?"
The last time Zhou Ze came to the hospital, he performed a rescue operation and also confessed to Doctor Lin. This was the flustered intern from that day.
"Let's go inside first. I'll take a look."
Doctor Lin braced herself and stood up, preparing to check the patient's condition, but after taking a few steps, she frowned in pain again.
"This problem of yours is a bit serious," Zhou Ze said. "You've been messing up your body with irregular eating habits lately."
Doctor Lin didn't say anything, but still walked towards the patient.
"Forget it, I'll go take a look." Zhou Ze reached out and patted Doctor Lin on the waist.
"You..." Doctor Lin felt that this was a bit inappropriate.
"Don't you trust my medical skills?" Zhou Ze smiled. "You're someone I trained."
It's just that I didn't expect you to become so beautiful later. It was my fault for being blind.
Zhou Ze took the initiative to walk over to the patient, preparing to examine her.
The young woman immediately shouted, "Who are you? Hey, what are you doing!"
Zhou Ze wasn't wearing a white coat.
"Doctor, come and take a look." The intern seemed to have met a savior.
Zhou Ze glanced at the young woman and said, "I'm about to get off work. If you don't want me to see her, I'll go home."
The young woman immediately said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. Please take a look at my sister, she's not due yet."
Zhou Ze took the gloves from the intern and examined her, asking:
"How long has she been pregnant?"
"28 weeks," the young girl answered for her sister.
The intern looked at Zhou Ze, assisting him on the side.
"Premature rupture of membranes, cervix fully dilated, severe amniotic fluid contamination," Zhou Ze said while taking off his gloves.
"This...this is going to...to..." The young girl was immediately frightened.
"Premature birth," Zhou Ze uttered these two words, then said to the intern, "Notify the obstetrics department to prepare for surgery."
"Okay." The intern immediately took out his phone and made a call.
Zhou Ze shook his head helplessly. This guy was lucky he wasn't assigned to him for internship, otherwise, based on his former temper with Doctor Lin, he might have scolded him into changing careers, he was so stupid.
"Premature birth?" The young girl was immediately dumbfounded upon hearing this, then grabbed Zhou Ze's arm and said, "Doctor, please save my sister, save the child in her belly. It wasn't easy for my brother to have this child, it really wasn't easy."
Zhou Ze remained unmoved. As a doctor, he had seen too much of this kind of thing. If he cried every time, he would probably turn into a dried-up husk.
"Then go ask your brother what's going on. It wasn't easy to have a child, so how did it turn out like this?"
"Doctor, what exactly is going on?" The young woman couldn't understand.
Zhou Ze looked at the woman on the hospital bed and asked:
"If the man is a beast who cheats, wouldn't you advise him for the sake of the child in your belly?"
She's almost thirty weeks pregnant, and she can't even tolerate this?
The pregnant woman on the hospital bed didn't speak, appearing very nervous and scared.
But the young girl who came with her immediately exploded, shouting:
"That's impossible! My brother went to work in Beijing before the new year to earn money for baby formula, and he hasn't been back in half a year!"
"I fell in love with a wild horse, but my home doesn't have a prairie..."
The intern's phone rang. He immediately answered it and said to Zhou Ze:
"The obstetrics department said the operating room is ready."